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William Barton is an Aboriginal Australian didgeridoo player. He was born in Mount Isa, Queensland on 4 June 1981[1] and learned to play from his uncle, an elder of the Wannyi, Lardil and Kalkadunga tribes of Western Queensland. He is widely recognised as one of Australia's finest traditional didgeridoo players and a leading didgeridoo player in the classical world.[2][3]

William Barton
Born (1981-06-04) 4 June 1981 (age 41)
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
OccupationMusician, didgeridoo player
Websitewilliambarton.com.au

"I'm doing what I love," Barton says. "I want to take the oldest culture in the world and blend it with Europe's rich musical legacy."[4]

Barton has been featured on the ABC television program, Australian Story.[5]

Life for William Barton Taught to play the didgeridoo from an early age by Aboriginal Elders, by the age of 12 Barton was working in Sydney, playing for Aboriginal dance troupes. At the age of 15 he toured America, after which he decided he wanted to become a soloist rather than a backing musician and started to study different kinds of music. In 1998, he made his classical debut with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and became Australia's first didgeridoo artist-in-residence with a symphony orchestra.[6]


Performances


Barton has appeared at music festivals around the world and has also recorded a number of orchestral works. He featured in Peter Sculthorpe's Requiem, a major work for orchestra, chorus and didgeridoo, which premiered the Adelaide Festival of Arts in 2004 with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Adelaide Voices conducted by Richard Mills. This was reputedly the first time a didgeridoo has featured in a full symphonic work.[7] The work has since been performed in the UK at The Lichfield Festival with The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham's choir Ex Cathedra, conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore.

In May 2004, ABC Classics released Songs of Sea and Sky, an album of works by Peter Sculthorpe revised for didgeridoo and orchestra. Performed by Barton and the Queensland Orchestra conducted by Michael Christie.

In 2005, Barton performed at the 90th anniversary Gallipoli at ANZAC Cove, Turkey, and in debut concerts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall in London.[4] In 2005/2006, Barton collaborated with orchestras, choral directors and composers in Australia, America and Europe, developing new commissions for the didgeridoo.[2]

On 5 November 2014, Barton performed at the memorial service for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the Sydney Town Hall.[8]

In 2015, Barton performed at the 100th anniversary opening Gallipoli at ANZAC Cove, Turkey for dawn service.[9]

In 2019, Barton played with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra an orchestral rendition of Down Under at the memorial service for former Prime Minister Bob Hawke at the Sydney Opera House.[10]



Discography



Albums


Title Details
Songs of Sky and Sea
(with Peter Sculthorpe, Michael Christie and the Queensland Orchestra)
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: ABC Classics (476 192-1)
  • Formats: CD
Earth Cry / Piano Concerto
(with Peter Sculthorpe, Tamara Anna Cislowska, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and James Judd)
  • Release date: 2004[11]
  • Label: Naxos (8.557382)
  • Formats: CD
The Journey
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: William Barton
  • Formats: CD
Ancient Souls, Ancient Land
(with Sean O'Boyle)
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: William Barton
  • Formats: CD
Desert Stars Dancing
(with Anthony Garcia)
  • Release date: 2010
  • Label: Vitamin (MMLL-003)
  • Formats: CD
Kalkadungu - Music for Didjeridu And Orchestra
  • Release date: 2012
  • Label: ABC Classics (476 4834)
  • Formats: CD
Birdsong at Dusk
  • Release date: 2014
  • Label: ABC Classics (481 0962)
  • Formats: CD
The Art of the Didgeridoo
(with Matthew Doyle)
  • Release date: 2015
  • Label: ABC Classics (481 1909)
  • Formats: CD
Restless Dream
(Bob Weatherall & Halfway with William Barton)
  • Release date: August 2021
  • Label: Halfway, ABC
  • Formats: CD, DD, streaming
Heartland
(with Véronique Serret)
  • Release date: 22 July 2022[12]
  • Label: Halfway, ABC (ABCL0017)
  • Formats: CD, DD, streaming
History Has a Heartbeat
(with Joseph Tawadros)
  • Release date: 12 August 2022
  • Label: Joseph Tawadros
  • Formats: CD, streaming

Awards and nominations


Barton was jointly selected with pianist Tamara Anna Cislowska for the 2004 Freedman Fellowship for Classical Music by the Music Council of Australia.[13]

In 2004, he was awarded the Brisbane Lord Mayor's Young and Emerging Artists' Fellowship,[14] and the following year he was a metropolitan finalist for the Suncorp Young Queenslander of the Year Award.[15]


APRA Music Awards


The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2022 "Spirit Voice of the Enchanted Waters" from River
(William Barton, Piers Burbrook de Vere & Richard Tognetti)		 Best Original Song Composed for the Screen Pending [16]

ARIA Music Awards


The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2004 Sculthorpe: Songs of Sea and Sky (with The Queensland Orchestra) Best Classical Album Nominated [17]
2012 Kalkadungu Best Classical Album Won [18]
2014 Birdsong at Dusk Best World Music Album Nominated [19]
2021 Restless Dream (with Bob Weatherall & Halfway) Best World Music Album Nominated [19]
2022 Heartland (with Véronique Serret) Best World Music Album Pending [20]
History Has a Heartbeat (with Joseph Tawadros) Pending

Don Banks Music Award


The Don Banks Music Award was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia.[21] It was founded by the Australia Council in honour of Don Banks, Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2021[22] William Barton Don Banks Music Award awarded

Environmental Music Prize


The Environmental Music Prize is a quest to find a theme song to inspire action on climate and conservation. It commenced in 2022.[23]

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2022 "Your Country" (William Crighton featuring William Barton & Julieanne Crighton) Environmental Music Prize Nominated [24]

References


  1. Queensland Choir Media Release Retrieved 5 September 2007 Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Artist Profile, Camden Music Festival 2007 website. Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Creature Features – Celebrity Pets – William Barton". ABC. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  4. Usher, Robin (9 May 2005). "Barton breathes deep for Earth". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  5. "William the Conqueror". Australian Story. ABC Television. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  6. Bevan, Scott (6 October 2003). "Ancient instrument's new tunes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  7. Haxton, Nance (5 March 2004). "Didgeridoo symphony premieres". The World Today. ABC Radio. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  8. David Marr (5 November 2014). "Gough Whitlam's memorial left lingering sadness, despite the cheers and soaring oratory". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  9. Cumming, Stuart (24 April 2015). "Didgeridoo player to wow crowds at Gallipoli dawn service". Central North Burnett Times. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  10. Hawke Memorial: William Barton and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra play Down Under | ABC News, retrieved 9 January 2020
  11. Album details, Naxos website
  12. "Heartland by William Barton and Veronique Serret". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  13. "2004 Freedman Classical Fellows – William Barton & Tamara Anna Cislowska". Music Council of Australia. 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  14. "Young master of Didgeridoo wins prestigious award", William Barton website Archived 19 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  15. "Young Queenslander of the Year Award – Finalist 2005", William Barton website. Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  16. "Missy Higgins and Josh Pyke Nominated for APRA Screen Music Awards". Noise11. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  17. ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  18. "ARIA Awards 2012".
  19. ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award – Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  20. Lars Brandle (12 October 2022). "Rüfüs Du Sol Leads 2022 ARIA Awards Nominees (Full List)". The Music Network. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  21. "Don Banks Music Award: Prize :". Australian Music Centre. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  22. Marshman, Janine (19 April 2021). "William Barton receives award for outstanding contributions to music". ABC Classic. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  23. "Environmental Music Prize Searches for Green Theme Song". The Music Network. May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  24. "Prize". Environmental Music Prize. Retrieved 22 June 2022.




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